of an economic collapse. as cnn's phil mattingly now reports. >> we knew this wouldn't be a sprint. it would be a marathon. >> reporter: president biden with a soaring stock market and weeks of positive economic news driving his agenda now grappling with the jobs report that fell well below expectations. >> today there's more evidence that our economy is moving in the right direction, but it's clear we have a long way to go. >> reporter: economists forecasted a gang buster's report, 1 million jobs added. instead, it landed with a thud at 266,000. the lackluster report also showed the steadily declining unemployment rate actually ticked up to 6.1%. biden's top economic officials cautioned against reading too much in to a single report, particularly as the flurry of economic data in recent weeks has pointed to a post-pandemic

economic takeoff. >> we've been creating 500,000 a month over the last three months. >> reporter: but the disappointing numbers are fueling. gop criticism of biden's economic efforts to this point, the seed of which have been growing for week as republicans gear up to oppose biden's sweeping $1.8 trillion economic plan. >> many kentuckians and americans look at the situation and find out they are better off financially to stay home rather than go back to work. >> reporter: but biden making it clear he's unbowed seeking to directly rebut the criticism about the enhanced unemployment benefits when asked if they disincentive work. >> no, nothing measurable. >> reporter: and address the brewing criticism, including from some democratic congressmen that his proposed trillions will drive crippling inflation. >> today's report also puts some truth to some loose talk that we've been hearing about the economy lately. first, that we should stop

helping workers and families out for fear of overheating the economy. >> reporter: he made clear the report and the uneven recovery from the pandemic-driven economic collapse is more evidence for his proposals. >> we still have a job to do here in washington. >> reporter: and jake, that job includes the president pushing forward on that $4 trillion legislative agenda and bipartisan talk, something the president has said he's seeking will kick into high gear next week, a real crucial time period to see if there's any potential compromise as least related to one part of the plan. .is slated to meet with shelly moore caputo as well as congressional leader, including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, house republican leader kevin mccar think, trying to figure out if there's anything they can agree on going forward. republicans making clear that they are opposed in broad to what the president has put on the table.

the president make clear he wants to push forward on all of those proposals at some point but at this moment is willing to break off at least a piece of them if there's a chance for a bipartisan agreement still, a long way to go. they may agree on the top lines on physical infrastructure and to pay for it the president wants to change the 2017 tax laws which mcconnell says is a non-starter. embattled republican mate gaetz is gearing up for his most high-profile appearance since he became publicly embroiled in a scandal. investigators are looking into sex trafficking allegations. gaetz seemingly unbothered. he bees to hit the stage with another controversial member of congress, marjorie taylor greene from georgia who traffic in all sorts of bizarre conspiracy theories. both are also superspread remembers of the big lie about the election. cnn's donne o'sullivan joins us live from the villages in, you guessed it, florida. gaetz and taylor-greene say they are rallying trump supporters.

what are they saying? >> they are cashing in on the big lie, jake. this is the first stop on what they are calling their america first tour, and speaking to some folks who are due to attend this event which is about to kick off in an house, attendees want to hear that. they want to hear that the election was stolen. look, there would have been a point in the recent history of the republican party that two controversial members like this holding an event like this would be considered fringe, but we now know, of course, from cnn polling just last week, 70%, 70% of republicans believe in some way that the election was stolen and that biden is not -- did not win the election which, of course, is false. the folks, that's what they want to hear tonight and they are very, very excited from hearing from bolt of thieves members of congress and do not seem at all bothered about marjorie taylor greene's qanon conspiracy theories and the allegations leveled against matt gaetz. >> i'm sure they are not.

thanks so much. let's discuss with our panel. amanda, you're a republican. this event is being billed as an american first rally for trump supporters. what's your take on this, and also is it smart even for matt gaetz to be doing this while under investigation. >> listen, a bunch of people that will -- who believe in qanon and that there's a global cabal of satanists controlling the world and eating children are probably pretty easy marks, pretty's political national, will pay money, that will give money to the joint fund-raising committee that gaetz and greene, matt and marjorie are setting up. here's my concern. why is there no competition on the republican side? how come there are not republicans willing to compete with these bottom-barrel ideas? it really should not be hard. when are we going to reach this point because matt and marjorie

are going to go there, fire them up and tim tell them what they want to hear about maga and all these other fellow republicans are saying we can't cross the space. look at the amazing coalition that trump has built and we need them to win and that's because these people who want to run are not leaders. they are followers. they are basically followers of the "q" cult because they can't give them a better story, and so i'm waiting for someone to try to tell a better story because until then, matt and marjorie are the leaders of the party. >> wow. ashley, today matt gaetz came out in favor of congresswoman elise stefanek who is all by certain going to take over congresswoman liz cheney's leadership sheet. gaetz tweeted, quote, there will be circumstances where we'll have some disagreements, but what i can say about representative stefan jek that she will always be prepared, sharp and effective, unquote. it seems gaetz is acknowledging the fact that elise stefanek's

investigate record is not all that conservative. she didn't vote with trump as much as cheney did, that all of this is really just about stefanek's support for trump and the big lie. >> you're right. i mean, i'm not surprised that matt gaetz is now supporting stefanek, but, you know, his tweet that he wrote could have also been written about liz cheney. she will be prepared. i don't agree with liz cheney on almost anything except for the fact that joe biden actually wouldn't election, but gaetz's attempt to support stefanek is just a part of big lie, a part of folks only supporting people who will fall in line and support donald trump, but i just also want to say is that gaetz, marjorie taylor greene, stefanek, they are all elected officials. they are all republicans. they are all supposed to be leaders, and they are not leading now. they are followers, and so behind each one of them there are voters that seem to be supporting them, and so i'm less concerned about those three and more concerned about the

thousands of people that are buying into what they are sglelg hey madada, here's what senator lindy graham of south carolina who also pushed the big lie. here's what he had to say about the trump litmus test. take a listen. >> can we move forward without president trump? the answer is no. i've always liked liz cheney but she's made a determination that the republican party can't grow with president trump. i've determined we can't grow without him. the. >> you disagree though, amanda? >> yeah, i mean, lindsey graham disagreed with that january 7th when he stood on the senate floor, that's it, after the insurrection, count me out. well, things changed. why did things change? it's because still the republicans who don't like there are staying on the sidelines. it didn't have to be this way. the worst quote that came out of election last cycle was what's the downside of humoring donald trump and letting this play out after the november elections?

the downside is people like mitch mcconnell on down said let him have his days and days and days in court and maybe it will just resolve itself and go away. it's never going away. the big election lie never had to happen if the republican party would have stood up and said in understandon, you know, what joe biden wouldn't election. he's rightful winner. donald trump should concede. nobody about d that. nobody did that, and the cost of that was an insurrection and the continued cost of that is that donald trump is still the leader of the republican party, and so all these republicans that say, you know, liz cheney, you should really show some humility. you should really be quiet. quit re-litigating 2020. why? so they can keep campaigning on the 2020 election lies to win in '22 and '24. that's what the plan is to keep going with this so if republicans don't like it, you have to stick your neck out and say no. otherwise, you've surrendered to it. >> ashley, speaker pelosi called

cheney courageous when when asked about stefanek pelosi said maybe she's more shall we say complaint. stefanek went ton twitter and said pelosi was pushing a sexist smear. what do you make of this, and should pelosi stay out of it? >> well, first, sexism is when they won't give you a seat at the table and then when you do have a seat at the table and you speak your opinion they want you to be silent and that's what the republican party is doing to liz cheney. nancy pelosi can say whatever she wants to say. she's in leadership. she's an elected official, and if stefanek doesn't like what she has to say she can just ignore her. i think when you stabbed up to a bill, and liz chainy is standing up to a bully, donald trump, and that is krage ow. she's taking a political risk by pushing back on this big lie and that stefanek and gaetz and lindsey graham, the whole list of characters are being

complaint, but i also think that they are -- that they have bought into the fact that the big lie is actually exsiting, and so that again is the most troubling component is that if you do not have trust in our democracy, then what are you even doing in congress? why are you even trying to be an elected official? >> power i think is the answer. >> ashley and amanda, thank you so much. coming up, new charges. a federal grand jury has indicted all four minneapolis police officers including derek chauvin for the negligent death of george floyd and lawmakers are trying to change a key bill after backlash from some democrats at state level. we'll explain next. or what color you are. pain doesn't care if you live in a small town or in the spotlight. pain has no limits. that means we need care without limits. care like a parent with a newborn. care like we took an oath. care that's strong, fast and safe.

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in our politics lead today, texas state republicans just passed an election overhaul bill in the house that would add new voting restrictions and penalties. it's just the latest in a slew of republican-pushed initiatives nationwide to make it more difficult to vote, and while republicans are trying to change voting laws at the state level, democrats are seeking to change federal voting rules in congress with a bill headed for a senate committee vote next week, but as cnn ryan nobles reports fours now, democrats in the senate are making last-minute changes to

the legislation not just to get republican support but to assuage state election officials, including many democrats, who are raising major red flags. >> expanding voting rights, limiting partisan gerrymandering and reducing big money's influence in politics all so important to democrats it's the first bill they took up this year. >> congress should pass hr-1 and the jop lewis voting rights act and send it to my desk right away. >> reporter: but after passion the house, it's now stalled in the senate with republicans calling foul. >> this is clearly an effort of one party to rewrite the rules of our political system. >> the current senate version of the bill pushes back the dead lipofrom 2022 to 2025. it gives states more time to purchase and implement new voting machines and makes accommodations for rural investigate communities but it's

not just the gop that is against the bill. state election officials from both parties also worry the measure may do harm than good. >> the broad strokes of what election officials told me about hr-1 and their concerns with it is that basically it was way too much to ask in a very short amount of time. >> reporter: journalist and cnn political analyst jessica huisman who covers voting rights says election officials nationwide say implementing the mavis changes dictated in this bill could actually make things worse. >> i was talking to an election straight orthoother day who described the changes to this bill, unfortunately, as lipstick on a pig because the changes are good and it's necessary and it's a lovely shade of lipstick, but the underlying problem is still that it's a big. >> reporter: in order to pats senate, it would either need ten republican votes or democrats would have to bypass the filibuster and pass it with a simple majority, something democratic senator joe manchin has already made clear he won't

support. >> i think we can find a pathway forward. i really do. i'm going to be sitting down with both sides and understanding where everybody is coming from. >> reporter: and while major changes have been made to the senate version of the bill, the two sides remain very far apart and despite this being a top democratic priority, its potential for passage remains unlikely. part of the reason that a bipartisan solution to this problem seems unlikely is that republicans and democrats just don't agree at core of this issue when it comes to voting rights. democrats believe americans need easier access to the polls. republicans are concerned that the process is so wide open that it is vulnerable to fraud. when you captain even agree on that basic level of understanding of this issue, jake, it's not a surprise that they aren't able to come to some sort of a consensus. >> thanks. appreciate it. a day after the secret service director testified during a capitol hill hearing about the january 6th insurrection, the agency is

explaining to cnn more about comments that he made about secret service's role on that awful day and the civil disturbances in the previous year. cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, you spoke with the secret service. tell us more. >> reporter: yeah, i did. the secret service making clear their role that day was to protect vice president mike pence who was inside the capitol and who we saw on video being you are eared to safety. they were also there to provide security for vp-elect kamala harris serving in her role as senator. the director talked generally about how law enforcement agencies could have had more resources on january 6th if the counting of the electoral votes had been declared a national special security event since it would have allowed more coordination between agencies, but it's important to note that when the director talked about the secret service not having enough people trained to respond to civil disturbances, he was referring to civil up rest around the white house last summer as part of the black

lives matter protests but not about the secret service response on january 6. it's important to remember that the secret service was not acting as a police agency that day, and they weren't responsible for the overall safety of the u.s. capitol. instead, its protective detail was focused on keeping both vice president and pence and incoming vp harris safe. >> jessica schneider, thanks so much. appreciate it. in the u.s. some americans need convincing to get the vaccine but for our neighbors to the north it's being dubbed the hunger games with canadiens desperate to get vaccinated, and that's ahead. get to tell everyby how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ well, well, well. look at you. you mastered the master bath. you created your own style. and you - yes, you! turned a sourdough starter. into a sourdough finisher.

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and we're back with our money lead. president biden trying to put a positive spin on a rather disappointing jobs report today. the u.s. economy adding 266,000 jobs in america. economists had predicted that number would be closer to 13 million. joining us to discuss energy secretary jennifer granholm who just wrapped up an hour long meeting with president biden. madam secretary, obviously any jobs added is a good thing, but economists were predicting a million jobs, each treasury secretary janet yellen expected a number that's much higher. are you worried that the economy is not bouncing back as expected? what went wrong? >> well, i mean, we are making progress. over the past three months the average has been about 500,000 jobs created. you know, we're climbing out of this massive covid-induced recession, so nobody expected that this was going to be, you know, fixed in an instant.

it is a process. we're still 8 million jobs in the hole from one the code of situation started, so what it means, jake, and this is what we talked about in this meeting with the president for the past 730 minutes, is we have got to go big on america. that means we have to invest in this american jobs plan. we have got to get this through congress so that everybody possibility of america can see opportunity in the future for them and for their families so that's what we talked about and, you know, this president is a realist, and he is not -- he's into the pollyana. he knew this would be a hard slog and he did everything right in terms of getting shots arm and getting the still news people's bank accounts. this is -- you know, we've got work to do. >> what do you say to the economists, the economists, who say one.

problems is that $1,400 checks were sent to millions of americans. there's enhanced unemployment insurance for millions of americans. for many americans they are making a calculation that it's actually better for them to stay at home where they have -- perhaps they have kids doing remote education or whatever the reason is, that this money while obviously well intended is a disincentive for many people. >> well, two things on that, one, under unemployment, if you're offered a portion first of all, have you to look, and if you're offered a portion you -- you can't just say no, i'm not going to do it. i'm going sit at home. in every state you have to take a job if it's offered to you, so that's number up. but number two, let's get row. i mean, this virus is still raging. we haven't vaccinated to the point where we can open up fully, and i would say, too, and the numbers show this, that more

women stayed home because their kids are not in school, and that is still -- and their day care centers may not be open so we're not through this yes. you know, things are going to get better. it's just a question of the impatience of some i sympathy unrealistic. we have to do what we have to do. we have to get the -- the virus -- the virus has to be under control. this is a virus-induesed problem and we've got to beat virus and that's what getting shots into arms of people who are resistant. we need to get people vaccinated and that's what's going to be the biggest try turn this around before we get to the american jobs plan so we can move into the future. >> republicans on the hill are blaming your energy policies. to remind our policies you're the energy secretary. energy policies from the biden administration for driving up gas prices. prices are about 50 cents higher per gallon today than when president biden took office.

beyond whether or not you think that your policies are to blame, are you worried that the prices could impact whether or not americans travel which is, of course, needed to put money back into the economy. >> people need to travel, right, but we need to get the virus under control first. we need to get to that 70 is about. we need to get to herd immunity. you know, why have gas prices gone up? could that be because of the virus itself as well? is it -- i mean, everything is tied together, so i just want to say this administration is totally focused on getting this virus under control which means the economy will get under control and then investing in the nation so that we can go big on america. i mean, one of the things we talked about today, jake, for a good. a time was how the american jobs

plan invests in transmission. of course, as energy secretary real interested in making sure very a transmission grid that is capable of -- of resisting the weather that we are seeing -- the wild weather events but also that is free from cyber atanks and that has the capacity that we need because of the new renewables and additional activity on the grid. bottom line is we want to make sure that we've got all of these pieces of our economy working, including getting electricity into people's homes and the american jobs plan does that. so we can't turn our back on all of the things that need our desperate investment whether it's roads or bridges or transmission or broadband and that's real -- i mean, the president has his eye on right now and his eye on the future and has his eye on going big so we can compete globally and that competition issue is really top of mind as well. >> last month president biden virtually toured a electric vehicle company that you hold

millions of dollars in vested stock options in and you previously sat on the board of the company. the top republican on the senate energy and natural resources committee is now calling for an investigation into any potential conflicts of interest. what's your response? >> i am so grateful that this president makes everybody who comes on in an appointed position sign a strong ethics agreement which requires that everybody di vest of their individual stocks which i am in the process of doing. i certainly had nothing to do with that visit. didn't even know about it until the day that it happened, but the ethics agreement is important. the ethics agreement that everybody signs to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest, and i'm proud that i work for a president that insifts upon that. >> so you're in the process of divesting. >> yes. >> yes. energy secretary jennifer

granholm, thanks so much for your time today. appreciate it the. >> you bet. canada one of the first countries to allow younger kids to get vaccinated. we'll take a look at the nation's vaccine rollout next. nessat?!

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primed and ready to get their shots for months lining up, signing up in what has been described as the vaccine hunger games. from toronto to the west coast, doses have been scarce until now. the vaccine euphoria here is far from over. >> we'll be safer, yeah. really happy. >> reporter: demand still far outstrips supply, but canada is catching up. >> as soon as we can all get a poke the better. >> i trust medicine and i'm excited to be vaccinated. >> it's been great. it's been overwhelming. >> reporter: anthony demonty runs ottawa's rollout and in many cities they have seen little hesitancy, confident that they can get more than 80% of eligible residents vaccinated. >> we can certainly get that done in weeks if we had unlimited supply. we'd run these things 24 hours a day and would get in a our neighborhoods so it really is supply that's been hindering, but now we're seeing positive efforts that supply is coming.

>> the canadian government promises by the end of sumter will have enough doses for the entire country, but it's the pace of the rollout in the last few weeks that has been encouraging. more than a third of those eligible now have at least one shot. that effort got a boost this week when canada became one. first countries to authorize the pfizer vaccine for kids between 12 and 15. officials say they see no sign that demand for the vaccine will slow, especially now that a painful third wave of the pandemic is taking hold in many parts of the country. critical care admissions remain at record levels and are increasing in some provinces especially in the country's hot spots like this one in ottawa where we're getting last doses into arms will be more challenging. a city councillor telling me he's already encouraged about the grass roots efforts to reach racialized communities. >> all members of government are committed to address this challenge, and i think that

that's unprecedented. >> reporter: there's no hard sell here, a little humor instead from ottawa public health's prolific twitter handle. even a cameo from vancouver-born actor ryan reynolds posing at the public health intern. >> we all can do it. >> reporter: officials say that's what it will take to go the last mile to deliver that last dose. >> it requires opd ground work, door-knocking to make sure that people are aware. >> so, jake, i just updated here. we could be in record-setting territory for daily shots in arms today. if this pace keeps up, we'll catch up to the united states by june, fully vaccinated everyone stum in summer and it's important to note in canada, if you look at poll, hesitancy is about, you know, pretty much half of what it is in the united states, and that's why that 80% figure really is something officials are aiming for. jake, before i let you go, i have to point out, look, i'm in

lockdown here. a lot of cities in canada are locked down. think about toronto now in lockdown, some form of it, for nearly six months. that goes a long way in describing the enthusiasm right now for those vaccines. >> well, i'm glad shots are going in arms in canada. paula newton in ottawa, thanks so much, appreciate it. also on our world lead, with just a few minutes until the summer olympic japanese leaders have once again extended a state of emergency as that country battles a fourth wave of coronavirus. cnn got access to one overwhelmed hospitals there. >> reporter: if two patients are admitted today and two more tomorrow and all cases turn out to be severe the day after tomorrow will already be in a cries. a crisis that has the potential to explode in just a few months when tens of thousands of people from more than 200 countries enter japan to participate in the upcoming summer olympic games. it's a frightening scenario for

chief nurse kyoko who has been treating covid-19 patients since the beginning. >> translator: i'm sorry for the athletes, but i'm terrified that the olympics are going to happen. is it really worth it? we are the in middle of the fourth wave, and what is the point of having the olympic games now? >> the international olympic committee is not mandating vaccinations but does expect and the ioc expects a significant portion of athletes to be vaccinated. others have already planned to delegate their delegation. the vaccine rollout is under way but it's going very slowly as less than 1% of the pop haitian has been vaccinated. coming up next, stunning tragic stories of discrimination. asian-american diplomats telling cnn they have been trying to sever their country, but they have been held back. >> how much more do i have to do to prove that i'm an american?

in our national lead, the san francisco man accused of stabbing two elderly asian women has been charged with attempted murder. the brutal attack part of an uptick in hate crimes against people of asian descent in the u.s. since the start of the pandemic. in fact, the group stop aapi hate says they have gotten nearly 7,000, 7,000 firsthand complaints of racism and discrimination against asian-americans and pacific islanders since last year. as cnn's kylie atwood reports for us now, incidents are even be reported at the u.s. state department where asian-american diplomats say discrimination has been holding them back.

>> reporter: michael young calls the experience traumatic. he's an asian-american born in california and spent more than a decade serving his country, both as an army reservist and a diplomat, but despite speaking mandarin chinese fluently he was denied the opportunity to serve of as a diplomat in china multiple times. >> how much more do i have to do to prove that i'm an american? i don't have any relatives overseas? i felt a deep accepts of fury, of frustration of not knowing what my options were? >> reporter: young was sent to south korea, afghanistan and pakistan but says his skills would have uniquely bolstered u.s. diplomatic efforts in china. he quit after being denied a post in china for a second time. the. >> after ten years with the war on terror, you know, giving myself to this country, being a patriot, i felt like i wasn't allowed to be fully who i could be for my country. >> reporter: more than 20 current and former

asian-american national security officials tell cnn they face disproportionate hurdles. withdrawn-out security clearance waits, restriction on where they can serve and a flawed appeal process. the foreign affairs manual says assignment restrictions are in place to protect diplomats from being targeted or harassed by foreigner intelligence services. but cnn has learned that those concerns are not applicable over case. >> we should be proud of having so many different cultures, so many different experiences, so many different people here that know the world in different ways that. can make for a stronger foreign policy. >> state department data shows that assignment restrictions on asian american diplomats has increased. 166 employees were impacted in 2015. 168 in 2016 and in 2017 that number jumped to 306. that's according to a 2018 letter sent to house lawmakers which was obtained by cnn. the efforts to change the system

have yielded few results. >> i am very concerned about these -- these reports. i've spoken to ashapp-american colleagues in the department about them, and suffice to say this is something i'm looking into. >> secretary of state tony blinken has begun a broad effort to improve the workforce's diversity and drals systemic problem. >> the truth is this problem is as old as the department itself. >> reporter: jake. i want to point out the fact that in many ways it's not just ashapp-americans who are facing these painful experiences. it is these quiet bigotries that reverberate throughout the state department. one example is a black diplomat told cnn that one of their white creation handed them a set of keys in the state department garage. the assumption there being they worked in the parking lot instead of in the offices in this building. jake? >> kylie atwood

race and discrimination at the top of many american minds, there's one musical icon who along with topping the charts was also quite influential as an activist, speaking out on issues such as racism and poverty and police brutality and the destruction of the planet. that man of course was marvin gaye. "what's going on" marvin gaye's anthem for the ages. joining us is don lemon. don, congrats on this. i can't wait to see it. gaye was a huge civil right's activist. >> you're 100% right. he was a huge political activist. people probably don't know he never marched.

he never participated in active protests, but he did it through his artistry, through his music. what we learned from marvin gaye is that artists must reflect the times they're in and they also must push the culture along and to help elevate the culture and that there were many people against marvin gaye doing this album "what's going on." he had a huge successful career as this ballad singer. sort of nat king cole. he really wanted to be the black sin sinatra. he had to speak to what was happening in the culture and i think we all have that responsibility, especially artists. >> after studying him for this documentary, if he were alive

today, what do you think he would say about the moment we're in, about policing, black lives matter, the overall tone in the country right now? >> he died a little more than a decade after this album was released. 50 years later he would say, i told you this 50 years ago, i can't believe you didn't listen to me. he wrote about in this album, he wrote about drug abuse, heroin addiction. he wrote about the vietnam war, he wrote about police brutality and everything, racism, everything that's happening in the culture now, the struggle that people have with where do we place god and church and all of that. he wrote about those issues and in a time when the music industry especially black artists just weren't doing that. he wrote about the environment. that entire song is about what we're doing to our entire

planet. well ahead of his time, he would say, i warned you, why didn't you listen. >> what was the most interesting thing you learned about marvin gaye? >> i learned he was a very vulnerable man considering the success that he had. he started off with motown and duwop songs. through his vulnerabilities, though, he was able to push past that and achieve and even the drug addiction that he dealt with. i think that's what i learned the most, is to keep pushing past your vulnerabilities. >> i can't wait to watch it. you can watch it and join don looking at marvin gaye's ground breaking album "what's going on" 50 years after its release. the special premiers sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. here's a sneak peek.

♪ ♪ mother, mother, there's too many of you crying ♪ ♪ brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying ♪ >> marvin gaye's ground breaking "what's going on." >> it was the first time i understood poetry. ♪ picket signs, don't punish me with brutality ♪ >> his melodies were like a voice of crying. >> he created something that would last. >> 50 years later -- ♪ picket signs, brother, don't punish me with brutality ♪ >> it's prophecy, man. >> what do you think marvin would think about what's going on? >> cnn special report "what's going on" marvin gaye's anthem for the ages, sunday at 8:00. ♪

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